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Stere

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  1. Huge 2ft 'machete' discovered at Sutton Coldfield town centre property - Birmingham Live WWW.BIRMINGHAMMAIL.CO.UK The large blade was found at the back of a business parade in Birmingham Road
  2. Have a new husky blower 525bx being good so far. Used bg85 before and like the husky better.
  3. £100 for the proper carb? Carburetor C1M-S261E for Stihl BG86 Blowers - Genuine Part - 4241 120 0623 | L&S Engineers WWW.LSENGINEERS.CO.UK Carburetor C1M-S261E Genuine Stihl Part OEM No. 4241 120 0623 (Replaces 4241 120 0616) Suitable for the Following... https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/have-any-issues-w-stihl-bg86-blower-adjustment-problems.247829/
  4. Some more info here https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/reports/cat11/1212141150_AQEG_Fine_Particulate_Matter_in_the_UK.pdf More docs: Air Quality Expert Group - Defra, UK UK-AIR.DEFRA.GOV.UK
  5. Its the Uk climate to warm to grow quality softwood as its wood has a non ring porous structure, where as UK is good for ring porous hardwoods eg ash as fast grown is better for thoose species. Something like that anyways. Management of wood Properties in Planted Forests - A paradigm for global forest production WWW.FAO.ORG An observation that needs no elaboration is that trees of different species produce wood with different properties...
  6. Must peak in winter a suppose Reference from the article links to here: Pollutant information - NAEI, UK NAEI.BEIS.GOV.UK
  7. Fireplaces and stoves are bigger polluters than traffic | Air pollution | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Increases in wood burning have offset gains in other areas, including cleaning up exhaust fumes
  8. Insomnia doesn't help
  9. Not sure thats true Wood burning at home now biggest cause of UK particle pollution | Air pollution | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Fires used by just 8% of population but cause triple the particle pollution of traffic, data shows
  10. Suppose to keep them in a bucket of salted cold water overnight to purge.
  11. Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae?
  12. What model is the blower?
  13. Why not conifer as yew would be good
  14. Sometimes people forgot about the impact of decades of compound inflation. Wages haven't kept up
  15. Isn't that below minum wage? £69 9hrs = £7.66 per hr Current rates Wage band Current rate (from 1 April 2021) Age 23 and over (National Living Wage) £8.91 Age 21 to 22 £8.36 Age 18 to 20 £6.56 Under 18 £4.62
  16. Terra preta what biochar idea is from is very interesting, as tranformed very poor soils into very fertile. Terra preta - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
  17. Still enjoyed it even if it was prehaps abit rubbish compared to previous seasons. Liked that the one from trainspotter had a nice fairytale cottage & a doggy at the end 😏
  18. Are you in the US? Managing the Zimmerman Pine Moth EXTENSION.ENTM.PURDUE.EDU Piles of crumbly white sap on branches of pines and spruces culd mean that Zimmerman pine moth is killing your trees...
  19. Only one firewood woodsure supplier listed locally on there, and it just happens to be the same company that I recently tested the moisture % of batch of there firewood that was delivered as seasoned. It was around 40% when delivered. I tested them after a homeowner who I did a job for was complaining they didn't burn. 🙂 Didn't really need a moisture meter to tell it was completely green sikta spruce.
  20. Is this in the USA ? Pictures of the tree would be useful
  21. There a place in north wales does similar to what you planning might give you some ideas.. Tyddyn Teg - Tyddyn Teg TYDDYNTEG.COM In the beautiful landscape of North Wales, between Snowdonia and the Menai Strait sits Tyddyn Teg, a traditional Vegetable...
  22. For her pleasure ReRoot Ribbed - GreenBlue Urban GREENBLUE.COM Tree pit perimeter root control. Says this on the website

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